in two expeditions against the Norwegians. Alan even witnessed one of Earl Alexander's charters in 1272. Alan spent many of his later years in England. During the minority of Alexander III, Alan had courted the favor of King Henry III of England in an effort to stay in power. The king of the English even gave Alan his own English manor, Bolsover. He died in 1275. He was buried in the abbey of Coupar Angus. Family Alan had married Marjory, an illegitimate daughter of King Alexander II, by whom he had three children: Ermengarde (who married William I de Soules, the royal butler). Anne Durward (who married first Colbán, Earl of Fife and then Sir William de Ferrers, of Groby, Leicestershire, and of Scotland, who died in 1287. He was the younger son of William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby, by his second wife, Margaret de Quincy.) a daughter whose name is not known (she married John Bisset). Alan also had at least one illegitimate son, Thomas Durward. None of these children carried on their father's illustrious political career. Notes References Barrow, G.W.S., "Badenoch and Strathspey, 1130-1312: 1 Secular and Political" in Northern Scotland, VIII, pp. 1–15 Hammond, Matthew H., "The Durward family in the thirteenth century", in Steve Boardman and Alasdair Ross (eds.), The Exercise of Power in Medieval Scotland, c.1200–1500, (Dublin/Portland, 2003), pp. 118–38 1275 deaths Medieval Gaels from Scotland 13th-century Scottish people Year of birth unknown Mormaers of Atholl